I am always saying: Ooh, I love that band. I say it all of the time when Love is the most misappropriately over-used word in the history of human language.
We all know I love Pink Floyd and the Clash, but those are given classics no one should do without and therefore granted immunity. I also love the B-52s, Primal Scream and Morphine, and this is what I am talking about- I love these bands, but they don't "move" me.
If I had to pick my top 5 movers (and in fairness I'll do it alphabetically): Agent Orange, Ballboy, Buffalo Tom, Emmet Swimming, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet.
So, If I tell you I love "That Particular Band" and it isn't one of these 10, I'm probably exaggerating.
Agent Orange, Ballboy, Buffalo Tom, Emmet Swimming, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, pink floyd, the clash, b-52s, morphine, primal scream
Listening to Ballboy is like taking a handful of Ativan. For those of you not in the know, Ativan is an anti-anxiety drug that makes you feel effusively joyous and buoyant - that everything is right with the world and even though you know it’s not - you just don’t care. Ativan is delicious and I wish they’d put it in the water. Effuboulliant – or something.
(On preview: Ha! Look at the Ativan ad I just found after I typed this up!
But I have to tell you I love Ballboy (Free Music) more than any of them. Primal Scream has moved down into second place, sorry Bobby.
Black Grape, Primal Scream and Collapsed Lung sing songs about Football (Soccer) for your listening enjoyment.
(Okay, now some of this may sound stupid to some of you guys but I want you to hear me out. Now look, you know different people think about life in different ways. Lawyers think life is a big court room; Doctors probably thinks life is like a big operation; Bus drivers think life is...er...a big bus I guess. Who knows what the hell those guys think. Anyway, I've always thought of life as a big football game...)
You get, I got goals
You get, I get, the balls
Cut the trigger, I fire like this
England!
Raise a glass, a perfect pass,
and dribble around my socks
Check my shirt and drink my shots
And squeeze me in the box
It's a digital football thing,
It's a football thing
I live in a land of class hypocracy,
We're going to win the National Lottery,
E I Adio, I don't think so
Now it's time, filling it up
Into the net, never give up
Cause England's Irie
England's Irie
Cut the trigger, I fire like this
Cut the trigger, I fire like this
Hey diddle-diddle, there's a fella in the middle and I think he's pulling my string
My wife's lactating and I'm spectating
It's a football thing
I live in a land of class hypocracy,
We're going to win the National Lottery
E I Adio, I don't think so
Win that ball, head for the goal,
Use your stealth, don't lose control
Cross, into the box, we got the strength to take the knocks
Gonna battle hard,
Players on a mission, operation no-card,
No free kicks or penalties to the opposition,
Swift, strong, every old tacticians
Now it's time, filling it up
Into the net, never give up
Cause England's Irie
England's Irie
Cut the trigger, I fire like this
Cut the trigger, I fire like this
(England? Well it's the best kept village in Europe, isn't it?)
Keep the game on the pitch
Bung it in
England!
Now it's time, filling it up
Into the net, never give up
Cause England's Irie
England's Irie
Now it's time filling it up
Into the net, never give up
Cause England's Irie
England's Irie
Cut the trigger, I fire like this
Cut the trigger, I fire like this
I said it before, I'll say it again: If I could only listen to one band for the rest of my life, Primal Scream would be it. Here are 3 new ones to my COLLECTION.
Deep, dark, desperate, delicious. Lovely, lonely, sad, soulful. Entrancing, enchanting, enthralling. Haunting.
Mesmerizing, made for the headphones.
" Ooooh. Three notes in and it was a bad ecstasy flash back [this is not good] ;)
THIS is what you were looking for"
He replied, "[this is good] Okay you win. I suck at music. :)"
So of course I had to go back and make sure he knew great every other one of their songs was. So I told him:
"Primal scream is the best band ever. I would take them over Pink Floyd or the Clash hands down, without one second's hesitation. Check out the collection. I have been contemplating a post. I think it might be time. It's a tough one, if you listen to a bunch of different songs, I defy you to classify them into one category."
Ready to sample their many genres? The double dog dare is... I say there is no way you can put them into ONE category, not that anyone's been trying... I'm just being a smart ass.
From my comment on zenken's blog piece, salva nos.
We have flat out classic Rock & Roll, reminding me of Marc Bolan.
we have Saturday night, clap your hands and sing along.